Anyone notice a tremor, a rumbling, a general sense of unease running through the land about 8:30 EST tonight? Wonder what it was all about?
Well, wonder no longer. A vintage “Lady Lionel” train set, yes the infamous “Girls Train” showed up on “Antiques Roadshow” this evening! That disturbance in “The Force” was Lady Firestorm’s reaction, she HATES the sight of the thing!
“What girl in her right mind would have wanted one of those things? If a girl wants a train she wants one that looks like a REAL one, not an Easter Egg!”
And that was the mildest thing she said!
Oh well. By the way, the appraiser pegged it at $2,000 in case anyone’s interested. New and in the original box too!
The information the appraiser gave on the girls set and Lionel was wrong on every point. The set was boxed, but it could not have been new. The owner talked about giving her pets rides in the cars.
I have no idea what an original Postwar Lionel girls set is worth these days.
I had one years ago, but it was dirty, and I did not want to try to clean it. So out it went. I don’t miss it.
[(-D]If you had said Thursday night, I would have been a little freaked out by Lady Firestorm! We actually had a 4ish Magnitude earthquake near Detroit around 8 pm.
Becky - What are your thoughts on the “Girls” train?
OK, fair enough. I will say I’ve seen some things on “Roadshow” I do know something about and have disagreed with the appraisals, but hey, the show’s fun to watch anyway, right?
As far as appraisels go, I’ve experienced the same feeling while watching antiques road show and any of the “treasure hunting” shows like Pawn Stars and Storage wars. They often over estimate the value of items with which I am familar.
Kind of like one Thanksgiving we were at Lady Firestorm’s sister’s house. I was reading an issue of CTT and there was a “Lady Lionel” pictured in it. Well, Lady F had her usual reaction, so her sister Pat and her daughters Stephanie and Janine came running to see what the commotion was about.
My God, the look of horror on their faces when they saw the “Girl’s Train” was priceless! I thought I’d split a gut laughing!
And they’re not even into O gauge toy trains! Although I have tried…
The girls DID have a pretty big “Thomas The Tank Engine” collection as children though.
Aside from filling a hole in a post-war collection I can’t see why anyone would want one, but if you “…kinda like it…” who am I to question you? If you see one for $250, go for it!
I just don’t dare bring one home to the “Fortress Firelock!”
my little girl has the K line reproduction. it is a fine set and we run it every Thanksgiving through Christmas. a Lionel original sealed in the Box sold for $30,000 some years back. So there!
